Anyone deadlift here ?

[AddiX]

Even some of the top boys in your video round their backs some what ...makes me feel better about my poxy form haha

True, but not to nit pick, but you start your lift rounded.

My back rounds out a bit at 1 max rep, but usually not until I get the bar near or past my knee.

I don't know if that makes any difference as far as injuries go though.

[CiganoBoxer]

True, but not to nit pick, but you start your lift rounded.

My back rounds out a bit at 1 max rep, but usually not until I get the bar near or past my knee.

I don't know if that makes any difference as far as injuries go though.

My form is hit or miss mate , i ether nail it or don't , been doing it on an off for most of my life an touch wood never picked up an injury yet .
Sometime i watch my videos back an i hate my form , i just hit 240kg x 3 reps an my form was even worse that day lol

[AddiX]

My form is hit or miss mate , i ether nail it or don't , been doing it on an off for most of my life an touch wood never picked up an injury yet .
Sometime i watch my videos back an i hate my form , i just hit 240kg x 3 reps an my form was even worse that day lol

Ya dead lift is such a fickle lift, sometimes form is great, sometimes not.

When I realized my form was absolute ****, I started to use this video to straighten out my form, it helped a lot tbh. I took About 3 weeks of just practicing my form, it's pretty consistent now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3izzg0RCTg&sns=em

[AnnJensen]

Yes, I deadlift - but not often. Maybe once a month.

I don't box myself, but do cross fit and weight training 4-5 times a week.

[Berkay1]

Guys , i defeated my obsession about "weightlifting" and "big glutes". Yesterday , i started with some chin ups , pull ups and deadlift. Pullups and chinups were the easy part. But deadlift , it really annoyed me. Bar kept slipping from my hands. Loaded the bar with two 45's to each side , no problem. But when i added 25's to each side , i couldn't get even 2 reps. My muscles could handle the weight , my hands couldn't they are really weak. Suggestion ?

Edit : Bar was slim one (25lbs) , i thought it will fit my hand better than the fat one. As fingers are a little short for to grip 45 lbs bar.

[mike1010011]

Guys , i defeated my obsession about "weightlifting" and "big glutes". Yesterday , i started with some chin ups , pull ups and deadlift. Pullups and chinups were the easy part. But deadlift , it really annoyed me. Bar kept slipping from my hands. Loaded the bar with two 45's to each side , no problem. But when i added 25's to each side , i couldn't get even 2 reps. My muscles could handle the weight , my hands couldn't they are really weak. Suggestion ?

Edit : Bar was slim one (25lbs) , i thought it will fit my hand better than the fat one. As fingers are a little short for to grip 45 lbs bar.

Try throwing in some grip exercises into your workouts. If you want instant results,switch to an alternating grip. With a standard grip,I can barely do 265x3,but once I use alternating grip,I can do 325x5.

[AddiX]

Guys , i defeated my obsession about "weightlifting" and "big glutes". Yesterday , i started with some chin ups , pull ups and deadlift. Pullups and chinups were the easy part. But deadlift , it really annoyed me. Bar kept slipping from my hands. Loaded the bar with two 45's to each side , no problem. But when i added 25's to each side , i couldn't get even 2 reps. My muscles could handle the weight , my hands couldn't they are really weak. Suggestion ?

Edit : Bar was slim one (25lbs) , i thought it will fit my hand better than the fat one. As fingers are a little short for to grip 45 lbs bar.

Wrap the bar with paper towels if you gym has them, you don't need much, it doesn't sound like much but it helps a lot.

Also make sure your doing reverse grip.

[Berkay1]

Thanks for replies. I'll try that "alternating" grip and also papertowels What about straps ? Some says they are usefull to pull more weight ?

[Ryn0]

Thanks for replies. I'll try that "alternating" grip and also papertowels What about straps ? Some says they are usefull to pull more weight ?

Don't use straps, you miss the stretch shortening cycle and slows your reps down. The only time I ever use straps is for a snatch grip deadlift because my wrists start hurting.

It's also looked down upon sort of like using a smith machine, but I hate snobbery in gyms so I tend to ignore it. It isn't blasphemous to use straps and if you have to then use them then don't let anyone tell you not to but if you can lift it without them then do it.

[AddiX]

Thanks for replies. I'll try that "alternating" grip and also papertowels What about straps ? Some says they are usefull to pull more weight ?

Dont Worry about straps until you get above 375 lbs.

I still just use paper towels and have never touched straps.

Just make sure when you grab them you really grind them into the bar to maximize grip. Most gyms have the same brown paper towels so I'd assume yours will be the same as mine.